UPCOMING EVENTS

Vacation Bible School

Sun., July 28 – Wed., July 31

5:30 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.

Calvary is excited to take children on a ROARING journey this summer. Every day, children will experience games, music, lessons, crafts, and fun! This epic African adventure engages the whole herd. At Roar, kids explore God’s goodness and celebrate a ferocious faith that powers them through this wild life.

Want to volunteer to help with this great adventure? Use the same link above.

2nd Harvest Food Bank

We are registered to volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank on Saturday morning, June 15th from 9:00 -- 12:00. We are signed up for eight volunteer slots. The Food Bank closely watches the number of volunteers to insure they can have an adequate number of staff available to guide and oversee volunteer activities smoothly. If you are interested in helping with packing/sorting food that day, you can contact Mickey Norris. mickeyanorris@hotmail.com or (704) 778-8273

The Gathering

Come join us for The Gathering on Monday June 17 at 11:30 in the fellowship hall for lunch and a program on the sweet health benefits of honey.

Jerry & Tanya Sumerel, owners of Honeysuckle Hill Bee Farm in Concord, love sharing with people the God given goodness of nature.

In addition to learning more about bees and honey, come enjoy fellowship and conversation with members of your congregational family. Please feel free to bring a friend or neighbor!

Lunch will be catered so reservations are required. Please call or email Kathy Schiele 704-786-7440 schielek334@gmail.com to reserve your place by March 11.

This fellowship event is sponsored by our Growing in Care and Concern Initiative and supported by Calvary’s Movers and Shakers.

Quilting Camp

Who was the first Christian on European soil? It was a woman, a businesswoman, a dealer in purple cloth! Cloth, fabric, material has great meaning in the Bible. The colors were very important. Would you like to learn more and create a project out of cloth, something with meaning to you? Lydia’s Quilters are offering a summer quilting craft camp July 22 – 25, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM. There will be two groups: beginners and returning campers. The camp is open to youth, moms, grandmothers and any friends they would like to bring.

Details below:

· Dates: July 22-25 (4 days)

· Time: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

· Where: Calvary Lutheran Church, 950 Bradley Street, Concord, NC

· Cost: $20.00 per person

· What: Daily devotion, all materials needed to create the project

· Bring: Yourself, family, friends, and your creativity

· Sewing Machine: A limited number of machines will be available, but if you have your own, please feel free to bring it (along with your instruction manual).

· Sign Up: Two sheets on the bulletin board outside the kitchen or call Angie Graeber (704-661-5162) or Marion Bish (704-784-4776). Leave message if no answer.

· Deadline: Sign up no later than July 15th

Plan now to share time with friends, learn about how fabric was used in the Bible, how to sew basic stitches, and create your own special project!

Knit Us Together Summer Fellowship

You are invited to attend Calvary Lutheran Church’s Knit Us Together Summer Fellowship June 18-20 from 10:00 a.m.- 12 noon in the church parlor for one day, two days, or all three!

Come join us to learn how to knit or crochet. Or come join us just for the fellowship among needleworkers and to share ideas of possible needlework service projects.

We have plenty of yarn to share, especially for one skein creations. If you want to learn how to knit or crochet, please bring size 8, 9, or 10 knitting needles or size G or H crochet hook. We look forward to meeting with you June 18-20.

Sheltered for Service Campaign

At the congregational meeting on May 19, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., the congregation unanimously approved the roof replacement project as presented. This includes contracting with Champion Services to perform a total roof replacement, the entering of a CD-secured loan with BankOZK (our current mortgage holder) of an amount up to $84,000, and the launch of a capital campaign. Please be on the lookout for a mailing that details our Sheltered for Service capital campaign and make every effort to attend service on June 9th when our congregation will present their financial pledges to this campaign.